In a normal election cycle the guy with the most votes, states and bound delegates is nominated. Cruz's path to the nomination isn't normal. If distant second place Cruz steals it on the second or later ballot millions of Trump supporters - who are by their nature not party loyalists - will stay home. Therefore he can't win. Therefore he should drop out now and endorse Trump. Or at least stop trashing him.
[[If distant second place Cruz steals it on the second or later ballot millions of Trump supporters - who are by their nature not party loyalists - will stay home.]]
Key is ‘party loyalists’ as mentioned, this happens every election cycle in the primaries- Passions run very high- but cooler heads will prevail during general- it always seems like it won’t pre general election but it does